ESCUTCHEON
\ɛskˈʌt͡ʃən], \ɛskˈʌtʃən], \ɛ_s_k_ˈʌ_tʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ESCUTCHEON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
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A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
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That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
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A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
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The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
By Oddity Software
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The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
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A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
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That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
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A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
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The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A shield on which a coat of arms is represented: a family shield: the part of a vessel's stern bearing her name.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The shield on which a coat of arms is represented; the shield of a family; the picture of ensigns armorial; the part of a ship's sterb where her name is printed. Escutcheon of pretence, that on which a man carries his wife's coat of arms when she is the heiress of her family.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The area on the rump of many quadrupeds which is either variously coloured or has the hair specially arranged ; the mesoscutellum of certain insects ; the ligamental area of certain bivalves.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [French] The shield; the field or ground on which a coat of arms is represented; also, the shield of a family. The two sides of an escutcheon are respectively designated as dexter and sinister, as in the cut, and the different parts or points by the following names: A, dexter chief point; B, middle chief point; C, sinister chief point; D, honour or collar point; E, fesse or heart point; F, nombril or navel point; G, dexter base point; H, middle base point; I, sinister base point; —that part of a vessel’s stern on which her name is written.
